Ornamental veneer



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- w. E. HOYT, RNAMENTAL VENERE. No. 364,416. Patented June 7, 1887.

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Patented June 7, 1887.

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WITNBSSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo WILLIAM HENRY HOYT, OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ORNAMENTAL VENEER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,416, dated .Tune 7.1887.

Application tiled December 2, 1886. Serial No. 220,482. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY HOYT of Stan1ford,in the county 0f Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Ornamental Veneer, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to the utilization 'of the pith of cornstalks or other plants for ornamental and useful purposes; and the invention consists, principally, of sheets or small pieces of the pith applied to a suitable stiffening or backing, which may of itself be used for ornaments or may be applied as a veneer or surfacing to pictureframcs, walls, panels, or other objects.

The invention also consists of the pith surface ornamcnted with pith or other material in relief.

Y Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l shows a plain surfaceY of pith veneer mottled at one portion. Fig. 2 showsa pith veneer ornamentedin relief. Figs. Sand 4 are sections on the line x x of Figs. l and 2. Fig. 5 shows a veneer formed of granulated pith. Fig. 6 shows a plain surface veneer composed of small strips of pit-h, and Figs. 7 and 8 are sections on the line yy of Figs. 5 and 6.

A represents the pith surface. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4 this surface is applied to a flexible backing, I3, of paper, fabric, or similar material, by cutting the pith into fiat strips, and securing it to the backing by means of glue or other adhesive material. rlhe outer surface of the pith may be ornamented by forming depressions in it, as at C, Fig. 1, or it may be otherwiseornamented, as by means of small pieces, a a, of pith, felt, or other material, of any color, glued or otherwise secured to the pith surface to form any design, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4.

In Figs. 5 and 7 the pith is also secured to a fiexible backing, B, but in granular form, to give a rough appearance, the pith being crushed or broken into small pieces and sesured to the backing by glue or other adhesive material.

In Figs. G andS the pith-surface Ais applied to a stiff board backing, D. In this instance the pith is cut into small pieces and applied as illustrated in Fig. 6. The pieces may be dyed various colors and may be square, rectangular, or of any desired shape. rllhe whole veneer surface may also be dyed any color or painted.

I am aware that hollow vessels have been formed of small pieces of thepith of cornstalks, the pieces being secured to each other, edge to edge, by glue.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As a new article of manufacture, a sheet of ornamental veneer formed of a suitable back and a layer of vegetable pith upon the face thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. A sheet of ornamental veneer formed of a flexible backing having a covering of vegetable pith, substantially as set forth.

3. A sheet of ornamental veneer, formed of a flexible backing having a covering of granular cornstalkpith, substantially as set forth.

IVILLIAM HENRY I-IOYT.

Vitnesscs:

E. L. SCoFIELp, M. KENEALY. 

